Day 12 Clyde to Newark

 A chilly start to our 17m walk, but bright  and sunny. A nice day for a walk. We will pass through the villages of Clyde, Lyons, and end in Newark. All of these are canal Villages, and use the canal to promote tourism. All of our pictures today  are from these Villages. Most of our walk was on trails today with a bit of ride walking at the end. Below  are pics from  the Clyde area.











As we were walking through  Lyons  we ran into this guy.


Mark De Cracker,  jumped  out of his truck and hailed us down wanting to know if we we hiking the canal. He gave us a tour of Lyons, took many pictures of us in front of the numerous murals. A cute Village. He nicknamed our group the Abby Road Hikers, as one of his pics was the four of us in a cross walk. Hopefully he will forward. Below are the pics in Lyons and of entering Newark.  Enjoy. 












Comments

  1. VideomarkSeptember 20, 2020 at 6:10 AM

    I see you found the murals and even the tugboat DeWitt Clinton, which will be in the next mural we are working on. Good luck on your journey and thanks for taking the time to see the murals of Lyons.

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  2. Seth C. BurgessSeptember 20, 2020 at 7:08 AM

    You did run into my father-in-law after all! He was the mural guy, Mark "Videomark" De Cracker.

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  3. mike hannonSeptember 20, 2020 at 7:35 AM

    Yes we did run into Mark. He tracked us down in his truck after he saw us walking. Gave us a great tour.

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